Gasket



C. B. BAILEY June 15 1926.

GASKET Original Filed May 20, 1925 gasket constructed Patented June 15', 1926.

UNITED STATES CLAUDE B. BAILEY, 0F. W'YANDOTTE, MICHIGAN' ASSIGNOR TO & MFG. 00., or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A coRPoRATIoN PATENT OFFICE.

OF MAINE.

' GASKET.

Original application filed May" 20,- ,1925,

This invention relates tomanifold gaskets, such as are m elongated or strip term and have a row of port 'and' stud holes spaced apart lengthwise of the gasket body guides and pressure receiving "portions about "the port holes entirely of sheet metal so as to reduce the cost of the gasket struc ture and simplify the same by eliminating the use of asbestos and additional metal layers extending over the entire area of the gasket, as heretofore.

The object of the present invention is to fold up these pressure receiving portions and guides from the single metal layer of the gasket so that the latter will have all its parts integrally connected and formed from a single piece of sheet metal, thereby avoiding blow-outs by'hav-i-ng no loose or separate parts.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a manifold in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the gasket on line 22 of Fig." 1,:

'Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the asket clamped in place-betweenacylinder %lock and its associated manifold and view through the gasket on a large scale.

The manifold gasket of my invention has a relatively. narrow elongated .body portion 1 made from a single layer or piece of sheet metal, such as copper, brass, aluminum, zinc, or other suitable material. Said body is provided with a row of port holes 2, 2 spaced apartlengthwise of the. gasket body, as shown in'Figs. 1 to 3. The gasket body is provided between the port holes 2 with smaller holes or openings 3, 3 to receive pipes Fig. 4 is. a fragmentary vertical sectional Serial 1T0. 31,484. Divided and .thisappllcatioii filed July 18, 1925. SerialNo. 44,490.

studs or bolts 4 for holding the gasket in position on the cylinder b1ock5 and when applying the manifold pipes 6, 6 thereto.

The gasket is provided with a plurality of combined pressure receiving portions and tubular guides 7, 7 carried by the gasket body 1 at each of the port holes 2, 2 and completely surrounding the same. These portions 7 are made integral with the metal MOCORD RADIATOR layerof the gasket by fla'nging up and suitably folding or turning the metal about the respective portholes 2, 2. This provides each tubular guide with double or inner andouter flanges g, It, as clearly shown in Fig.

4. These flanges g, h extend outward from the body 1 on one side thereof and are substantially at right-angles thereto so as to enter the openings'in the associated manifold pipe 6 and guide the same into register with the associated cylinder port 5, as shownin Fig. 3. These flanges 'g, h are integrally connected by the fold of the metal at their outer edges, and the lower marginal portion of the outer flange 1:. is provided with an outwardly. projecting base flange-i overlapping orclose to the body layer 1, as shown in the drawings. This base flange 2' is folded or doubled over on itself, as at j, to provide, in conjunction with the body layer '1, three thicknesses of sheet metal for the pressure receiving portion or cushion of the gasket.

The gasket shown'i'n the drawings has three port holes 2, 2 to accommodate three manifold pipes 6, 6 and their associated cylinder ports 5*, .5. The guides 7 extend outward from the gasket and enter the manifold. pipes and guide the same into proper register with the cylinder ports, the flanges z and g. and the body portion 1. behind the same making the cushion to receive the clamping pressure exerted on the The gasket is made entirely of sheet metal and all of its parts are integral, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing its cost of manufacture. The .pressure receiving portions are entirely of sheet metal, there by avoiding the use of asbestos or other packing material, as heretofore. These portions, in immediately surrounding the respective port holes-,allow for concentration pipes 6, 6 by the usual manifold clamps -'of the clamping atthe port holes and avoid heretofore. This allows tight joints, especially at high pressure ones, to be made with less pressure than heretofore. The result is that either smaller studs or bolts may be used, or thesame studs with less tension or strain on them.

I claim as my invention: g

1. A manifold gasket, having an elongated body made entirely of sheet metal with a plurality of port holes therein spaced apart lengthwise of the gasket body, and a plural ity of tubular guide members carried by the body at the respective port holes and bent into folded form from the metal of the body at the port holes, said guides extending outward from the gasketbody and having the fold in the metal at the outer edges thereof.

2. A manifold gasket, having an elongated body made entirely of sheet metal having a row of port and stud holes therein spaced apart lengthwise of the gasket body with the stud holes smaller than the port holes and between them, and a plurality of tubular guides carried by the body at the respective port holes and extending outward from one side of the body, said guides being bent into folded form from the metal of the body at the port holes and having inner and outer flanges.

3. A manifold gasket, having an elongated body made entirely of sheet metal with a row of port and stud holes therein spaced apart lengthwise of the gasket body withthe stud holes smaller than the port holes and between them, and a plurality of tubular guides carried by the body at the respective port holes and extending outward from one side of the body, said guides being bent into folded form from themetal of the body at the port holes and having inner and outer flanges, said outer flanges having folded marginal portions lying adjacent the side of the body from which the guides extend.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature this 10 day of July, 1925.

CLAUDE B. BAILEY. 

